Mark Murfitt is the director of market development for Core Molding Technologies, a composite manufacturer in the heavy truck and automotive industries, and has worked there for the past 12 years in operational and commercial roles. Murfitt recently volunteered to head the American Composites Manufacturers Association’s Automotive Composites Committee (ACMA-ACA), which met Monday, September...
Andrew Hopkins is the executive vice president for RheTech Inc., a privately held, reinforced thermoplastics compounder serving the transportation, consumer and construction markets. He is responsible for all commercial, marketing, technical, and new product development activities. Hopkins earned a doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of Kent, in the U.K., and a bachelor...
In 1940, Henry Ford took an axe to his soy-composite automobile trunk lid to demonstrate its strength. More than 70 years later, “bio-fiber is still on the fringe” of the industry, says Jeffrey Helms, global automotive director for Ticona Engineering Polymers, in Auburn Hills, Mich. “You see some bio-fiber composites as part of a...
Last week, Composites Manufacturing spoke with Paul Williamsen, the national manager at the Lexus College, a Lexus division of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc, about the increased use of composites within Toyota (you can read the interview online). Today, he’s answered a series of follow-up questions about Toyota’s R&D processes and composite manufacturers’ potential...
Paul Williamsen is the national manager at the Lexus College, a Lexus division of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. He has worked for Toyota since 1989 and is currently responsible for the education and development for Lexus sales associates in the U.S. Prior to this, Williamsen worked as a service technician for BMW and...
Bert Havenith studied Physics at the Technical University in Eindhoven, Netherlands and completed an MBA at the University of Maastricht. In 2001 he was appointed general product manager within the Marketing Department of DSM Engineering Plastics. Then, in 2007 he headed the new Automotive Application Development department of DSM and now acts now as...
Automaker Audi and mechanical engineering firm Voith GmbH formed a development partnership to produce high-volume, carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP). Bradley Stertz, public relations manager for Audi of America, Inc., says Audi will manage the partnership between the automaker and Voith.
Rahul Pangre is the founder and director of Eternus Carbon Composites in Mumbai, India. His interest in car racing and bikes exposed him to advanced composites early in life. Inspired by the enormous world of possibilities composites offer, he founded Eternus Carbon Composites in 2002 with a focus on developing and promoting advanced composite...
Ed Pilpel is the president for Polystrand, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gordon Holdings, Inc., and has over 35 years of experience in composites manufacturing, product development and composites recycling and re-use. Pilpel’s team offers green solutions for transportation, automotive, ballistic protection, air, cargo and pipe industries. His focus is on developing thermoplastic composites...
Eco-efficiency is the major driver for advances in automotives today. The problem: OEMs and suppliers each work on solutions in secrecy, rather than collaborating in the quest for lower emissions, a smaller carbon footprint over a car’s lifecycle and lower system cost. It’s not exactly a race either, up to 15 years can go...
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